Wicked Movie

I’d highly doubt it. We were lucky to even get a trailer at the Super Bowl as it is still fairly early. There’s plenty of movies that come out before Wicked that haven’t even had a first trailer yet.

Too bad they didn't adopt the release strategy for WICKED that Kevin Costner's HORIZON is getting ... Part 1 is being released June 28 and Part 2 August 16. That makes a whole lot more sense than making people wait an entire year for the 2nd part.

It’s obviously to do with money but the only way that they make money is if they have genuinely good movies. People aren’t going to the cinema like they used to and if part 1 is rubbish then it will bomb at the box office and then part 2 will be dead on arrival. Part 1 being a disaster just isn’t an option for them as they will then have that hanging over their heads for a whole year as they try and promote the next movie. Universal could have easily played it safe and made one movie but they must have felt really confident about how the movie was shaping up during preproduction to green light it for 2.

We might not see the vision yet as to how they are expanding this story into 2 parts but personally I’m feeling quite optimistic about it. I’m also totally prepared to eat my own words when the movie comes out and it’s awful.

Over the past several years Hollywood keeps narrowing the theatrical window more and more, especially following the pandemic, moving films from their theatrical release to digital and streaming platforms within 90 days. Their philosophy is to ride the coattails of the films theatrical marketing campaign rather than have to mount an entirely new campaign for the digital/streaming release. By releasing the films a year apart aren't they putting themselves in a position of having to maintain the interest/excitement level for the second film for an entire year and thus having to increase their marketing budget for that extended period and that doesn't even take into account what if the first film underperforms from their expectations ... now they are not only forced to continue marketing the second film for an entire year PLUS try and figure out how to avoid the same thing happening with the second film. If they were determined that there was a need to split this into two films then I think they would have been better off delaying the release of the first film so that they could have released the two films a couple months apart rather than a whole year. A year's "INTERMISSION" is a pretty big risk in my opinion.

If Dreamgirls can carry on after 'And I Am Telling You' i'm pretty sure its an easy transition after Defying Gravity. It's pure greed and nothing more. There isn't really a huge amount extra in the 2nd film. Certainly no different major storylines

Bowen Yang said on his podcast that “the tinman and scarecrow help elphaba escape.” Is this a new change for the movie that boq helps elphaba? Or did he simply misspeak?

He also said Dr Dillamond was being played by a female....

Or go really old school, make it longer and put an intermission in the film?

Lights come up after Defying Gravity, you wheel out a trolley with some Pop-ular-corn, some sort of green drink, and dark and white chocolate witches' hats. Excited buzz of chatter In the interval as people can discuss the first half, make some extra money on the confectionary, and people can manage a 3.5+ hour film because there's a built-in loo break.

It’s more likely that the trailer will be attached to a big summer release from the studio. It’s rare that a teaser and trailer for such an anticipated movie is released so quickly after one another.

I suppose that strengthens the rumour. Who knows, we might get a new trailer after all!

I think considering the massive tumbleweed that blew through the ceremony last year when they debuted 'The Little Mermaid' trailer, which by all means appealed to the children and gays watching at home, wasn't particularly relevant for those attending, it was better to not have this exclusive.